TRIP REPORT

Overall the trip to Sweden was a good one.

Meeting my parents and my brother and his sons and making sure that everyone is well, had time for a short stop to talk with Linda, one of my lovely cousins who just moved her shop to a new location and I wish her all the best, and you can all check it out through the link below and see if you find anything of interest.

https://mytivoli.se/

Sadly enough the trip felt like it was a bit too short, as there was more people that I wanted to meet up with and spend more time with, but this is a good lesson for the next trip I guess.

I will also plan better and rent a car on my next trip, as to avoid having to find someone to pick me up or drive me to the airport, as well as to be more flexible and not having to borrow a car if I want to go visit a friend.  

Only thing is that it is a bit too expensive to rent directly from Arlanda most of the times that I have looked.

If you have any experience or suggestions, please share them.

At the moment I am back at work and with all the football leagues up and running this will also bring a boost for my casino product and hopefully we will start going in a good direction to have a good 2^nd half of 2019, as this always make work so much more enjoyable.

Below are just a few clips and photos from the trip to summarize it all up before we proceed with stuff happening in Malta going forward.

My brother catches a small pike

Olle catches a small pike

Brother catches a very small perch

Brother's biggest catch of the day..the bottom of the lake...

On our way home with both nephews Viggo and Olle as well as my brother. 

During my stay, I also had the chance to visit Monroe's for the delicious burgers that they offer, and this is one of them, with a little bit of everything on it. 

And below is a nice sandwich cake that my mother made for us. 

I also went and visit my grandparents on my mothers side and their house is surrounded by forest and it is so peaceful and there is no way to get stressed while you are there. A few pictures below from where they live. 

Below is 2 pictures of me and Olle, the youngest of my nephews, and last picture is of my brother and both nephews Viggo (10) and Olle (7). 

I wish you all the best and hope you all have a wonderful day. 

Regards,
J

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THE TRIP DAY 3

As suspected, there has been a whole lot of eating on these few days, and there will sadly be even more.

The scale is working overtime and it all started off with Max hamburger at the airport, but sadly enough I made a horrible order at American Pizza Place where I ordered some really plain crappy pizza that got even myself disappointed with it all.

Saturday I went to see my oldest nephew Viggo play football and of course met his younger brother Olle as well as their mother, and it is always nice to meet them and see how they have grown.

Sadly enough they lost the game, but at the age of 10 the winning or losing is not as important as it will be later in life I guess.

Later, on Saturday evening I went over to Niklas and Lina and had a really tasty BBQ with them and their kids. We had some meet and potato wedges with béarnaise sauce of course, and later played some poker and caught up on what has happened in the last couple of years.

Sunday was booked for a trip to Gävle to catch some of the elusive tasty kebab that they have at Pizza House, and O M G was it good, it is one of those that could be worth gold if it was available in Malta, but sadly enough there is still no good place for “Swedish style kebab” down there.

It was me, Stubben and Fjuno, as we all get the value of good fucking food, and do not take it for granted J

After that we spent the rest of the day with the nephews and watching premier league football and eating some tasty Swedish sandwich cake, and even though Man United won against Chelsea, it was a very good day.

Next up we will be going to Valbo and do a little shopping and let the kids buy themselves a birthday present since uncle Jonas has been away and missed birthdays, and see what they decide to get.

Later on Monday we plan to go for some fishing and hopefully catch something worth putting on the grill, while spending some time with my dad and Rosie.

These are the main things of going back to Sweden, to make sure that family and friends are doing ok and are in good health, and anything more than that is just a cherry on top, stuff like eating a shit load of junk food.

Below you will find a few pictures of food, if you want to see a little bit of what me and my friends has been stuffing our faces with.

Regards,
J

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THE TRIP, DAY 1

We started the day at 9am with a "Bolt"-ride to the airport, which of course took longer than it should, due to all the damn constructions that is happening everywhere in Malta nowdays. 

Finally there the place was so crowded I really wanted to turn around, but with some planning, I had decided to not check any luggage, and just travel with my carry on bag. 

After security checks I decided to buy a water at Costa Cafe, and after waiting in 30+ heat for 20 minutes (maybe less) I had to go to the toilet and change my shirt, as it was drenched in sweat (great start). 

Checking the board and see the flight is delayed 90 minutes (great...), so I sit down and wait, and Fjuno joins me and decide to get something to eat, and at this point my spideysense is tingling and I decide to check the board again, yeah the flight is boarding as we speak... (I watched the wrong flight of course, who knew that many flights were going to Sweden), so we had to stress a bit and Fjuno had to cancel his food order. 

Finally on the plane I sit down and see what looks like smoke (video below). 

However before I freaked out, the flight attendant informed everyone that this was just due to the temperature difference inside the plane and outside (yeah right...). 

CAR FAILURE

Just as we are about to land, the phone buzz and I get a message from "Stubben" who had been great enough to agree and pick us up at the airport. 

He sent a photo of the car on a trailer and tells me that the car broke down in Uppsala (halfway to the airport) and that he had to get a rental car to get back home. 

We of course felt shit, and hope that the insurance will cover this shit for him. 

After some quick thought while inhaling a hamburger at Max (oh my, it was tasty, but forgot to take a picture), I did for a while thought about getting a rental car for us as well, but we took the financially more mature decision and took the train. 

The evening was spent with my mom and Uffe and a couple glass of whiskey and just catching up a bit, and Friday will be spent playing poker in Gävle and saying hi to some old friends. 

Some photos below. 

I will try and document the trip and share with anyone that feel like reading this. 

Have a great day everyone. 

/J

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MALTESE LOGIC...

People always ask me how it is to live in Malta, and I always try to not tell them the entire truth, as I wish to keep the tourism to come to Malta.

But if we are to be honest with each other, just between me and you (it sometimes pisses the fuck out of me).

Sunday at around 14.00 I went to Park Towers at Spinola Park as I had to do some random stupid shopping, and while in the store they announced that the store would be closing in 5 minutes.

As a good person I hurried up and go what I needed and then went to the cashier, and while I stood in line I noticed that 1 of the security guards (lets call him that instead of something bad) was standing inside the entrance as to make sure there was not any further people coming in, since the store was closed.

All this is fully logical, and of course normally the stores also have the doors only opening from the inside, but some people can still sneak in of course, and this is where the guard stood to say “no no, closed”.

When I had paid my stuff and was on my way out, I noticed that there was a bit of a line to get out, and I was wondering why.

Yeah, well as you can see by the picture, the genius people at Towers had lowered the safety door down a fair bit and pushed the main doors together, which mean that everyone (yes everyone) had to bend down to get out of the store, and if you had a couple of bags and were about 65-70 years old, this was of course not the easiest thing to do.

And therefore some other people had to help out… and yes, the guard stood there just watching instead of actually helping out and raising the fucking door.

I did not want to take a photo from inside, as there were a nice bunch of people there at this time, but once everyone had come out, I took the picture to give you a little bit of an idea on how smart they are.

This is a typical example of the logic that you will run into here in Malta.

Another example was when we needed Melita (our internet provider) to come by and install our new fiber connection.

They called and said they would come on Tuesday between 12.00 and 17.00, yeah that is how precise they were…

Of course I checked with the office and made sure I could leave and work from home after lunch, to make sure that I would be home when they were to arrive.

Around 10.30, Totti called and said that they had already been at the flat, but could not complete the install since I had to sign (as internet is in my name).

When I call them up to confirm that they would come back and let me sign the paper, the technician says “oh, I am not in the area any longer, you were not home when I was there”…

I explained to him that the reason was that he was supposed to come AFTER 12.00, which totally went above his head and his reply was “yes, but I finished other job early”, like this would justify him to skip my appointment.

The sad part is that no matter how pissed off you get, or how much you try and explain the lack in their logic, nothing helps, it is what it is…

To summarize it all up; Mela!

/J

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